This 2011 article, written by Sandi Pierce and Suzanne Koepplinger of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, discusses the existing sex trafficking research of Native women and girls, their unique vulnerability, gaps in existing support services and legal...
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition and the Prostitution Research & Education detail their findings from a study involving 105 Native women. This article also includes recommendations on how to improve outcomes for Native women. The goal of...
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute examined the issue of the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment in Indian Country. Using a mixed method approach, this investigation sought to identify those practices that seem to be moving toward...
This fact sheet answers nine questions on customary adoption and is designed to help Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Social Workers. Resource Link: Customary Adoption Fact Sheet For Tribal ICWA Social Workers Author: Tribal STAR Date:...
This guide reflects the lessons learned during the Seventh Generation National Tribal Mentoring Program; a project that used culturally specific mentoring to guide court-involved and at-risk America Indian and Alaska youth (ages 10-17) toward healthy lifestyle...
In order to address the high prevalence of children’s exposure to violence, eight sites around the country were selected by the Department of Justice for the Defending Childhood Demonstration Program. This national initiative aims to: prevent children’s exposure to...
Developed in May, 2015 by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, this worksheet offers a template of several detailed questions that tribal communities can consider when working toward the development of a trafficking plan. Resource Link: Creating a...
This guide provides an overview on how to establish effective tribal governance and the role of tribal leadership in tribal child welfare systems. This includes information on: heritage of child protection; breakdown of customary child protections; removal of AI/AN...
This practice brief provides an overview of WPIC’s framework for achieving sustainable systems change, which emerged from and has been demonstrated through the three child welfare implementation projects. The five key elements that make up the framework inform...
